I have a question. My 10 year old daughter brought home a permission slip to go on a class trip yesterday. Now, I always let her go with her class everywhere, but I am debating on letting her go on this one.
It is a trip to the local college, to hear the once Children of the Holocaust speak. I think she is too young, and she said she really doesn't want to go. Do I let her go, or should I keep her home? Thanks !!

I think I will keep her home. I don't think she will learn anything from this. Maybe we will go to the movies and out to eat, make it a girls day out.
They also gave the class a book to read, and today she asked me if she had to read it. I told her no, and told her if her teacher has something to say about it to call me.
She has problems with her homeroom teacher, who also teaches Language and History. All of my daughters other teachers tell me how great of a student she is, and how well she works with others, and how she always gets her homework done. Not this woman, she sends home bad reports in her report card, saying how she doesnt do her homework and has gotten bad grades. She is the only teacher who gives her C's. Now I know my daughter does all her homework, I am there with her every day after school. I help her study and I know she knows what she is being taught. She was a straight a student, K-3rd grade, she is now in 4th grade, and got her first C from this woman. My daughter says how this woman is nice to almost everyone else in her class, even the kids who curse and never do their homework. My daughter has never ever said a curse word, and always does her work. She is a good student. Here is what I think the problem is. The school is about 85% black, 10% Spanish, and 5% white. Her teacher is black. I don't think her teacher cares to much for the white race. Only a month until school is over. Tomorrow is the schools picnic. Maybe I should show up with either my 88 shirt or a big swastika on. THAT WAS ONLY A JOKE !!

WOW! What an awful environment. I couldn't imagine being the minority in my own school, which was about 99.9% white (one not-completely black student and a few Jews). I definitely would not have allowed her to go to that field trip. It's terrible what your daughter's teacher is doing to her...yet another example of WHITE discrimination!

I think you hit the nail on the head, Apathy. I bet that your daughter's teacher can tell that she is a very white oriented individual and does not like her for that. It is a shame that she is treated that way. But, there is a silver lining. It probably sounds to optimistic to some, but this is a good opportunity for your daughter to learn how to deal with difficult people and difficult situations. That is an invaluable skill to have as an adult. If the situation is imminently dangerous, then you should remove her. But if that is all that you can do, then help her to deal with it. Also, I strongly believe that if a parent maintains a strong bond with the child, then everything should work out OK.

My oldest daughter is in 1st grade in a school that has a total of no more than 5 non-whites, including the Asians. But even so, the education is heavily slanted towards multiculturalism.

It sounds like you have decided to keep you child home, which is a great thing. I've had to learn all about the holocaust and things through my years at school. I had never thought to question it until this year. But not I have found so many if's and but's in there that I can see it is a lie orchastrated by the jews. Making a mother daughter day sounds like a great way to get around the obsticle the teacher is placing there.